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Brisbane Basin - Wetland Summary Information

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Area Profile:

Name: Brisbane
Area Type: Basin
Total Area: 13,542.35 km²
Major Towns: Blackbutt, Brisbane, Crows Nest, Esk, Gatton, Ipswich, Kilcoy, Laidley, Rosewood, Yarraman
Drainage Divisions:
  • Murray Darling
  • North East Coast
Climate Zones:
  • Subtropical
  • Temperate
Bioregions:
Intersecting Areas:
World Heritage Areas:
Internationally Important
Wetlands (Ramsar)
Nationally Important
Wetlands (DIWA)
Protected Areas:
Total number: 82   
Fish Habitat Areas: none
Completed Regional Coastal Plans:
Coastal Management Districts:
Nature Refuges:
  • Berlin Scrub Nature Refuge
  • Bloodwood Creek Nature Refuge
  • Edward Corbould (Reserve & Retreat) Nature Refuge
  • Feathertail Nature Refuge
  • Gaia Nature Refuge
  • Gattonview Nature Refuge
  • Gum Tips Nature Refuge
  • Jal Nature Refuge
  • Kalisha Nature Refuge
  • Long Grass Nature Refuge
  • Mount Hallen Nature Refuge
  • Mount Stradbroke Nature Refuge
  • Old Hiddenvale Nature Refuge
  • Pine Cliffs Nature Refuge
  • Rathburnie Estate Nature Refuge
  • Ravensbourne Nature Refuge
  • Seq Water Nature Refuge
  • Smiths Rainforest Nature Refuge
  • Tandoon Nature Refuge
  • The Gullies Nature Refuge
  • Thornton View Nature Refuge
  • Ukikuna Nature Refuge
  • Viridis Nature Refuge
  • Walker's Wilderness Nature Refuge
  • Wootha Valley Nature Refuge
  • Xanthorrhoea Nature Refuge
Wild Rivers: none
Wetland Management Profiles:
  • Coastal Grass-Sedge Wetlands
  • Coastal Melaleuca Swamp Wetlands
  • Mangrove Wetlands
  • Saltmarsh Wetlands
Water Resource Planning Areas:
Water Quality Sampling:
Number of current sites: 27
Number of historical sites: 44

External Links / Description:

Additional information may be available via the Intersecting Areas listed above.

Statistics:

Statistics are not yet available for this area.

Wildlife:

Wildlife recorded from Brisbane Basin
Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
Indicator
species
Rare or
Threatened
species
All
TOTAL 4314 862 276 185 5195
Animals 832 35 119 79 886
Amphibians 47 1 18 11 48
Birds 414 12 88 40 444
Bony fish 50 7 0 3 57
Cartilaginous fishes 1 0 0 0 1
Insects 97 0 0 3 97
Mammals 95 14 4 13 110
Reptiles 128 1 9 9 129
Fungi 608 0 0 0 608
Plants 2772 827 155 105 3599
Protists 102 0 2 1 102

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the EPA WildNet database.

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